From: Elliot Temple <curi@...>
Date: 2006-04-30T07:51:08+09:00
Subject: Re: can a ruby script perform a chdir on win xp?


On Apr 29, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Lloyd Zusman wrote:

> Unfortunately, no program running in any language can change the
> directory in the shell it's running in, after the program has finished
> ... assuming that the program is invoked as a process that is separate
> from that of the shell (which is how ruby is invoked).

>
> This is a function of how the operating system is designed.  It's true
> for windows-based systems as well as unix-like systems.

I probably just don't understand what you meant, but what about the  
"cd" program? Is that somehow not separate from the shell?

-- Elliot Temple
http://www.curi.us/blog/